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Vickie Lester
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Born
April 7
,
1915
·
New York City, New York, USA
Died
May 7
,
2001
·
Beverly Hills, California, USA
(undisclosed)
Mini Bio
Vickie Lester was born on April 7, 1915 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for
Sky Giant (1938)
,
The Miracle Kid (1941)
and
The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
. She died on May 7, 2001 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.
Trivia
Took her stage name from
Janet Gaynor
's character in
A Star Is Born (1937)
. Alas, Vicki Lester never made the grade as a star in her own right.
Came to films via a modelling career, and cast by Walter Wanger in "Vogues of 1938".
She was superstitious, carrying her lucky matrix ring with her at all times.
Briefly ran a dress shop and designed clothes during her short-lived marriage (1945-46) to designer and ex-ski champion Steven Stanford.
Her great-great aunt was the noted 19th century stage actress Charlotte Saunders Cushman.
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